



Amanda Cook
416 posts

@MrsCookBCPS
Mom. Wife. Baltimore County Public Schools Educator. Reading Specialist. Lover of all things music and theater. Advocate. Remember: You can do hard things!






Book baskets are one of the 3 ingredients for building knowledge and vocabulary in Grades K-2. Book baskets help students read books of varying complexity on topics related to their interests: bit.ly/3vJMIhA #elemchat #elachat #Kindergarten

Are you interested in engaging with other educators around centering Black students’ brilliance, histories, identities, and cultures in the classroom? This free course (starts 11/1) is online, self-paced, and offers professional learning credit. Register: bit.ly/3niiJHM














Love this easy visual in @Miss_Smith28 ‘s class to practice penmanship during Open Court! SS even added their own colors to their paper as a visual reminder where to go and stop. 🙌 💚 🛑 👍 #OurElmwood @elmwoodes


Here are resources to support teachers in understanding how all students can engage and learn from rich, grade-level-appropriate, complex text, including practical instructional strategies and scaffolds to be used with students to ensure their success: bit.ly/3f3oXZM



This is a keeper. Every Friday during morning meeting I’ll read the first chapter of a book and show a trailer. If a student wants it, they put their name on a post-it and slip it in the box for a drawing. @MeriwetherLES #3rd #readers





